Tag: #Missile
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China Test Fires New ‘World-Leading’ Helicopter Missile
China has test fired a new ‘world-leading’ helicopter missile.
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Pakistan Navy successfully demonstrates anti-ship missile firing
Pakistan Navy successfully demonstrates anti-ship missile firing in North Arabian Sea. According to a report by Baaghi TV, the Pakistan Navy has successfully demonstrated the firing of anti-ship missiles in the North Arabian Sea. According to Pakistan Navy spokesperson, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi observed the firing of missiles. Pakistan Navy…
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Ukrainian plane hit by two short-range TOR-M1 missiles, Iran says
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (Xinhua/APP): The Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff in the Iranian capital on Jan. 8 was hit by two short-range TOR-M1 missiles, Iranian state IRIB TV reported Tuesday. “Two TOR-M1 missiles were launched from the northern side at this plane,” the TV said, citing the latest report by Iran’s Civil…
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Airlines avoid Iran and Iraq airspace
Paris, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): Several international airlines said Wednesday they would avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at bases housing US troops in Iraq. Lufthansa and its Austrian Airlines unit nonetheless decided to maintain flights to the Iranian capital, Tehran, this week, a statement said. Iran launched more than 20 missiles…
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UK’s Johnson urges Iran to pursue ‘urgent de-escalation’
London, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday called on Iran not to repeat missile attacks on Iraqi bases housing coalition forces, after last week’s US strike killed one of Tehran’s top commanders. Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles early Wednesday in retaliation for the US missile strike that killed…
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Iraq president ‘denounces’ Iran missile strikes
Baghdad, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): Iraq’s President Barham Saleh on Wednesday condemned Iran’s missile strikes on Iraqi bases where US and other foreign troops are based, saying he feared “dangerous developments” in the region. “We condemn the Iranian missile bombing that hit military installations on Iraqi territory and renew our rejection of the repeated violation of…
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US warns N.Korea of consequences of missile test
United Nations, United States, Dec 12 (AFP/APP): The United States on Wednesday warned North Korea of consequences if it makes good on threats of a spectacular missile test in the New Year, while offering flexibility if it stays in talks. “We trust that (North Korea) will turn away from further hostility and threats, and instead…
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Japan’s Abe, warns of ‘real ballistic missile’
Seoul, Nov 30 (AFP/APP): North Korea on Saturday warned Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he could soon see a “real ballistic missile” while excoriating him as the “most stupid man ever known in history”. The colourful condemnation comes two days after the isolated state tested what it called a “super-large multiple launch rocket system”,…
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Turkey didn’t buy Russian defence system ‘to keep in box’: FM
Ankara, Nov 27 (AFP/APP): Turkey on Wednesday rejected criticism from the United States over its testing of a newly-acquired Russian missile defence system. “You don’t buy a product to keep it in a box,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference. Turkey’s acquisition of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia this summer was…
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Iran downs drone over port of southwestern city
TEHRAN, Nov 8 (AA/APP):Iran’s military defense system shot down a drone over the port of southwestern Mahshahr city, local media reported on Friday. According to the official Al-Alam TV, “missile defenses of the Iranian army fired Friday morning missile towards a drone seen in the sky of the port of Mahshahr and shot it down…